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Howard Hughes Invitational, 1980 September
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00297
Collection Name: Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection
Box/Folder: Box 04
Collection Name: Frontier Hotel and Casino Collection
Box/Folder: Box 04
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes on ladder under the XF-11, April 3, 1947
Date
1947-04-03
Archival Collection
Description
Transcribed from press release attached to photo: "HUGHES READY FOR TAKE-OFF IN SECOND XF-11 FLIGHT. CULVER CITY, Calif., April 5 -- Howard Hughes, famed flier-industrialist, recovered from injuries following crash last July 7, is shown here just before he test-piloted today a duplicate of the plane in which he nearly lost his life. He designed and built the plane, designated XF-11, and one of the world's fastest photo-reconnaissance ships, for the Army Air Forces in conjunction with the Air Materiel Command engineers.
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Unknown author. Winner of Hughes Suit: Robert Aime Maheu, New York Times, 1974 July 02
Level of Description
File
Archival Collection
UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
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Collection Number: MS-00626
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 12
Collection Name: UNLV Libraries Collection of Articles on Gaming and Las Vegas, Nevada Topics
Box/Folder: Box 12
Archival Component
Photograph of Howard Hughes sitting in the cockpit of the Hughes Flying Boat, Los Angeles Harbor, November 1, 1947
Date
1947
Archival Collection
Description
Howard Hughes sits at the controls of his 400,000 pound Flying Boat just a day prior to its first tests in the Los Angeles Harbor in California. The aircraft was 219 feet long with a wing span of 320 feet.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen, Los Angeles, August 1, 1938
Date
1938-08-01
Archival Collection
Description
An up close, portrait view of Howard Hughes as he is talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen, Los Angeles, August 1, 1938
Date
1938-08-01
Archival Collection
Description
An up close, portrait view of Howard Hughes as he is talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.
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Photograph of Howard Hughes talking to newspapermen, Los Angeles, August 1, 1938
Date
1938-08-01
Archival Collection
Description
An up close, portrait view of Howard Hughes as he is talking to newspapermen about his Round-The-World flight experience in Los Angeles, California.
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Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
An overhead view of a parade procession celebrating Howard Hughes' completion of his round-the-world flight.
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Photograph of a parade procession, New York, July 15, 1938
Date
1938-07-15
Archival Collection
Description
An overhead view of a parade procession celebrating Howard Hughes' completion of his round-the-world flight.
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